UKIP didn't stand in most places hence they were going to lose seats whatever happened. A lot of their councilors became Independents and are amongst the 'others' who had a very good night.
Hopefully it will be in in daylight - I couldnt see what was happening most of the time in the Battle of the Long Night.data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
Edit:2 threads merged(This is best continued in the Local elections thread in the P&E sub forum...Thanks.)
LOL, I'm always sticking stuff in the wrong place. Feel free to move it. Thanks.
Now -778
Edit. They will have to alter the scale to make the difference not look so bad on the BBC graphic.
BBC saying -848 now
Friday just keeps getting better! data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
Everyone brace yourself for some big council tax hikes next April
Cheers,
Nigel
Fair point about Conservative still being the majority, but to compare them against Lib Dems, yesterday they had nearly 7x more seats so only having just over 2x today (at the moment at least) is still a huge swing in politics.
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In Thanet early indications is the old Ukip vote is going to Labour.
But with 30% turn out compared to 71% four years ago its poor.
Most round here are waiting for May 23rd